my brother called me today. we only had a few minutes to talk... he primarily seemed concerned about the weather situation here in durham. i quelled his fears, saying our forecast just called for lots of rain.
we chatted for a few more moments, when suddenly he said, "do you know there are a group of orthodox christians who worry whether jesus really could have ascended "wholly into heaven" because he had been circumcised and his foreskin was still here on earth?"
why, no. i didn't know that.
here... this article on "the holy prepuce" makes for a really entertaining read. more than you ever wanted to know about jesus' foreskin. (you'll never look at saturn in the same way...)
Posted by xta at September 17, 2004 05:50 PM | TrackBackyou should try some of the historical debates on the Virgin Mary's hymen. The issue, as I recall, is that if it were broken then Mary wouldn't truly be a virgin, but if it weren't, how was Jesus born? My favorite was the theory that during birth, the baby Jesus passed through the intact hymen like light through a pane of glass.
Posted by: Sarah at September 17, 2004 09:17 PM